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What book are you reading now?

I love reading and I plough through books at quite a speed. So I enjoyed a post on the Howies blog about books recently.
I am going to steal their idea and ask you 3 questions:

– What book did you last read?
– What are you currently reading?
– What’s next on your pile of books to read?

My answers:

– Junior Officers’ Reading Club
– Penguin History of the 20th Century (may take a while!)
– The Well-Loved Stranger

What are you reading now? Please share with us in the comments…

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  1. Sally Johnson Posted

    Cool idea! And I get to start it off! Woohoo!

    ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
    THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
    BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard

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  2. Tom Posted

    – Lolita
    – A Passage to India
    – A Death in the Family

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  3. Gary Terrty Posted

    Nice idea!

    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
    Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

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  4. Kathy Posted

    Err i don’t think mine are that impressive but i love reading fast books…

    1. Harry Potter and the Philospohers Stone
    2. It’s not about the bike (Lance Armstrong). I guess you’ve read that alistair!
    3. Ten Lessons from the road! lol!

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  5. Will G Posted

    The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
    As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
    The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

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  6. hey everyone – thanks for sharing these. More books to add to my Xmas wish list…
    Al

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  7. Moods of Future Joys
    Thunder and Sunshine (because the two have got to be read together, don’t they?)
    Disgrace by JM Coetzee

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    • Patrick, I think your comment is a Disgrace! How could you choose a Nobel Prize winning book next over the Triple Crown and downstairs loo Spectacular that is 10 Lessons from the Road?! πŸ˜‰

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  8. Ryan Posted

    Papillion
    Castaway (by Lucy Irvine, not the Tom Hanks film)
    Running Through the Wall: Personal Encounters with the Ultramarathon

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  9. – The Man Who Cycled The World – Mark Beaumont
    – Solo: The North Pole: Alone & Unsupported – Pen Hadow
    – Slow Coast Home – Josie Dew

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  10. Rob F Posted

    1. The Happy Isles of Oceania – Paul Theroux (loved this – will be working my way through a few more of these I reckon)
    2. After The Ice – Steven Mithen (this will take a while!)
    3. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown (should I be ashamed?)

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  11. George Posted

    Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
    To Kill A Mockingbird – HArper Lee
    The Art of War – Sun Tzu

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  12. Great question!

    Past: The Mystery of the Nile by Richard Bangs
    Present: Olivetti Cronicles by John Peel
    Future: Some kind of history of latin american music if I can find one…

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  13. Alex Posted

    The Da Vinci Code
    Shackleton – R. Huntsford
    A Moveable Feast – Ernest Hemminway

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  14. 1. The Reader
    2. Oryx and Crake, War & Peace, several manuscripts, On The Road, the DMZ series. I always have lots of books on the go.
    3. The Year of the Flood.

    And now it’s plug time! *assumes deep movie trailer voice* From the publishers of best-selling writer Alastair Humphreys comes an extensive list of fascinating adventures. Gasp! As a well-known documentary maker exposes life on the road in Africa in Walking Away by Charlotte Metcalfe! Be Astounded! As an interpid band of media warriors set up Afghanistan’s first post-war radio station in Waseem Mahmood’s Good Morning Afghanistan! Find Inspiration! As we follow the adventures of a British couple who leave a comfortable life behind in order to try and make it in the Yukon Wilderness in The Good Life by Dorian Amos!

    /plug

    *ahem*

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  15. Point And Laugh! As a publisher forgets how to type and/or spell!

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  16. Some suggestions from my friend Clare:

    “I totally devour books, and no charity shop is safe from me, no matter how full my brompton pannier!

    I have recently finished “The Broken Window” by Jeffry Deaver (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Window-Jeffery-Deaver/dp/0340993707/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255004675&sr=1-1). I like a bit of Deaver- I think his crime fiction is very clever… maybe too clever for me sometimes!

    I am currently reading “The Little things” by Erica James (£3 in Sainsburies (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Little-Things-Erica-James/dp/0752884336/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255004571&sr=8-1) which Is beautifully written, essentially chick-lit, relatively predictable (so far!)…. Read more

    Next on my pile of books is “Iceland Inside Guide” (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iceland-Insight-Guide-Apa/dp/9812587578/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255004747&sr=1-2) as we’re off on our exciting Iceland Honeymoon next friday and I haven’t had a chance to really look through it all!

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  17. Arktika of gilles elkaim. The russian coast from north cape to eastern tip of russia near alaska in 4 years

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  18. Rayna Posted

    – The Island at the Center of the World.
    – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    – Affinity Bridge or Atmospheric Disturbances

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  19. Great scott – the collective mind is working overtime today. Was about to post my current book on Twitter then saw this blog…

    Last: Cycling Home From Siberia by Rob Lilwall
    Current: 1001 Arabian Nights translated by Sir Richard Burton
    Next: Grimms Fairy Tales

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  20. Learning to Breathe – Andy Cave
    The Secret Hunters – Ranulph Fiennes
    Blink – Malcolm Gladwell

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  21. Sp4rkym4n Posted

    Frost Bitten- Kelley Armstrong
    Cycling home from siberia- Rob lilwall
    Up till now- Wiliam shatner

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  22. mattm Posted

    Tales from the Farm – Jeff Lemire
    Cycling Home from Siberia – Rob Lilwall
    Waterlog – Roger Deakin

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  23. Last read :
    Caves of steel / Isaac Asimov
    current read (s) : Untold Stories / Alan Bennett
    The God Delusion / Richard Dawkins
    The Naked Sun / Issac Asimov
    Next read :
    The White Tiger / Aravind Adiga

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  24. Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
    Mother London – Michael Moorcock
    God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy

    Kathy, George, you are both reading great books at the moment!

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  25. Here’s the shortlist for the Boardman Tasker Mountain Literature award: http://www.boardmantasker.com/site/shortlist2009.htm
    (Thanks, Tomo [http://twitter.com/Tomo_Thompson])

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  26. Rich Posted

    First among sequels – Jasper Fforde
    Chocky – John Wyndham
    Independent people – Halldor Laxness

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  27. Past – Love Letters from a Desert (book of letter written by a Scottish soldier during WW2)
    Present – The Canoe Boys by Alistair Dunnett (the story of a kayak expedition from Glasgow to Skye in 1934)
    Future – Dreaming of Jupiter by Ted Simon (the story of Ted retracing a 3 year motorcycle journey he first did in the 1970s …the orginal book Jupiters Travels was the reason I learned to ride a motorcyle)

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  28. Great idea, I love seeing what everyone is reading.

    Love My Rifle More than You – Kayla Williams
    Superpowers for Parents – Dr Stephen Briers (I need all the help I can get!)
    Next…still deciding, it’s one of my favourite things, choosing the next book. Probably The Book Thief By Markus Zusak as am hosting a book club on it in Nov, or maybe Feminista by Erica Kennedy as was recommended by a fellow blogger. How was The Junior Officers’ Reading Club Al as it is on my pile?

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    • Hi Saff,
      I think you would hate the Junior Officers’ Reading Club! I quite enjoyed it, though he tries a bit hard to be re-writing Dispatches…

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  29. Last read
    Right Ho, Jeeves – P. G. Wodehouse

    Currently reading
    Three Men in a Float – Dan Kieran & Ian Vince

    Coming up next
    The Medway and its Tributaries – R H Goodsall

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  30. Steve Posted

    Last Read: Foundation – Asimov.
    Currently reading: The Vanished Man – Jeffery Deaver
    Next: See what tickles my fancy – I’m starting to feel like reading one of Stephen Ambrose’s books (Band of Brothers et al).

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  31. Clare Posted

    Ryan- How great is Papillion? I’ve never read anything like it before- what a brilliant book! Al- you must try to read it- this gentleman has a tenacity like I’ve never seen before!

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  32. :59 seconds
    The mind in the cave
    Quirkology

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  33. – FLOW, by Mihaly Csizentmihalyi
    – UTOPIA, Thomas Moore [not liking it]

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  34. Just read:
    – 50/50 β€” Secrets I learned running 50 marathons in 50 days, and how you too can achieve super endurance!, by Dean Karnazes
    – Steppenwolf, by Herman Hesse

    Reading:
    – FLOW, by Mihaly Csizentmihalyi
    – UTOPIA, Thomas More [not liking it]

    Next reads:
    Still undecided from dozens of already-bought options… =)

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  35. collegegarden Posted

    Currently reading-Crow Country by Mark Cocker. Read it, or let the corvids pick your bones clean! There’s more to the British countryside than meets the eye.

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  36. Bryan Hojo Posted

    Into thin air, John Krakauer
    Driving mr Albert, Michael Paternity
    Born to run ,Christopher McDougal

    Also on chapter 7 of 10 lessons from the road.

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  37. The Carpenter’s Pencil – Manuel Rivas
    All The Pretty Horses – Cormac McCarthy
    ????? – The to read pile is VERY big. I normally pick what I’m going to read next on the basis of how I feel after the latest book I’ve read. πŸ™‚

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  38. Martin Posted

    Ransom – Jay McInerney
    The Way of the World – Nicolas Bouvier
    The Balkans – Misha Glenny

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  39. The Pilgrim by Paulo Coelho got me started on the walking and thinking!!

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  40. Sorry, The book is called ‘The Pilgrimage’. Plan to do the Way of St James in the Spring.

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  41. I’ve compiled everyone’s contributions into one for me to add to my Christmas wish list…

    ATLAS SHRUGGED – Ayn Rand
    THE FOUNTAINHEAD – Ayn Rand
    BATTLEFIELD EARTH – L. Ron Hubbard
    Lolita
    A Passage to India
    A Death in the Family
    Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
    Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
    Harry Potter and the Philospohers Stone
    It’s not about the bike – Lance Armstrong
    The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco
    As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner
    The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver

    Disgrace – JM Coetzee
    Papillion
    Castaway – Lucy Irvine
    Running Through the Wall: Personal Encounters with the Ultramarathon
    The Man Who Cycled The World – Mark Beaumont
    Solo: The North Pole: Alone & Unsupported – Pen Hadow
    Slow Coast Home – Josie Dew
    The Happy Isles of Oceania – Paul Theroux
    After The Ice – Steven Mithen
    The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
    Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
    To Kill A Mockingbird – HArper Lee
    The Art of War – Sun Tzu
    The Mystery of the Nile – Richard Bangs
    Olivetti Cronicles – John Peel
    Some kind of history of latin american music if I can find one…
    The Da Vinci Code
    Shackleton – R. Huntsford
    A Moveable Feast – Ernest Hemminway
    The Reader
    Oryx and Crake
    War & Peace
    On The Road
    The DMZ series.
    The Year of the Flood.
    The Broken Window – Jeffry Deaver
    The Little things – Erica James
    Arktika – gilles elkaim.
    The Island at the Center of the World.
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    Affinity Bridge
    Atmospheric Disturbances
    Cycling Home From Siberia – Rob Lilwall
    1001 Arabian Nights – Sir Richard Burton
    Grimm’s Fairy Tales
    Learning to Breathe – Andy Cave
    The Secret Hunters – Ranulph Fiennes
    Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
    Frost Bitten – Kelley Armstrong
    Up till now- Wiliam Shatner
    Tales from the Farm – Jeff Lemire
    Waterlog – Roger Deakin
    Caves of steel
    Untold Stories – Alan Bennett
    The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
    The Naked Sun – Issac Asimov
    The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
    Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
    Mother London – Michael Moorcock
    God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
    First among sequels – Jasper Fforde
    Chocky – John Wyndham
    Independent people – Halldor Laxness
    Love Letters from a Desert (book of letters written by a Scottish soldier during WW2)
    Present – The Canoe Boys – Alistair Dunnett
    Future – Dreaming of Jupiter – Ted Simon
    Love My Rifle More than You – Kayla Williams
    Superpowers for Parents – Dr Stephen Briers
    The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
    Right Ho, Jeeves – P. G. Wodehouse
    Three Men in a Float – Dan Kieran & Ian Vince
    The Medway and its Tributaries – R H Goodsall
    Foundation – Asimov.
    The Vanished Man – Jeffery Deaver
    Band of Brothers – Stephen Ambrose
    59 seconds
    The mind in the cave
    Quirkology
    FLOW, – Mihaly Csizentmihalyi
    UTOPIA – Thomas Moore
    50/50 – Secrets I learned running 50 marathons in 50 days, and how you too can achieve super endurance! – Dean Karnazes
    Steppenwolf, – Herman Hesse
    FLOW, – Mihaly Csizentmihalyi
    Crow Country – Mark Cocker.
    Into thin air – John Krakauer
    Driving Mr Albert – Michael Paternity
    Born to run – Christopher McDougal
    The Carpenter’s Pencil – Manuel Rivas
    All The Pretty Horses – Cormac McCarthy
    Ransom – Jay McInerney
    The Way of the World – Nicolas Bouvier
    The Balkans – Misha Glenny
    The Pilgrimage – Paulo Coelho

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    • Sambasivan Posted

      very impressive list….will include many of the books in my reading list as well.

      Last read: Nelson Mandela’s biography by Martin Meredith

      Currently reading : Hitler by Ian Kershaw (it is a one volume tome -combining Hubris and Nemesis – completed about half of the book – brilliant one volume biographical analysis if Hitler and his motivation)

      Next in the pile: A history of the twentieth century – volume 1 – Martin Gilbert – covering the period from 1900 to 1933

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  42. Matt Posted

    1. Louis de Bernieres- Red Dog
    2. Ryzard Kapuscinski- Shadow of the Sun (!!!)
    3. Isabel Allende- House of the Spirits

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  43. I love this collection of book recommendations! Especially given the demographic of your blog followers.

    – A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller
    – Born To Run (A hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen) by Christopher McDougall
    – A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren

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  44. simon Posted

    last: Moods of Future Joys
    current: Thunder & Sunshine – I am currently in Uzbekistan – vicariously
    next: 10 Lessons

    Not meaning to be a creep or anything, but as I saw them in Waterstones on a recent trip back to the UK… It just so happens I am reading your trilogy, saw the post whilst flicking through your website and enjoy the serendipity of being able to promote your books as inspirational page turners.

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  45. simon Posted

    Just realised… I also Have “Allen Carr’s Easyway to give up smoking” on my to-read pile. Which should it be? “10 Lessons from the Road” or the use of my lungs?

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  46. clarence Posted

    1. World War Z
    2. A Scanner Darkly
    3. Live and Let Die

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  47. – A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
    – Interview with The Vampire by Anne Rice
    – Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

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  48. dexey Posted

    Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
    Barring Mechanicals by Andy Allsop
    Super Tramp by WH Davies

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  49. “In The Shadow Of The Sun” – Ryzard Kapuscinski.

    In the top 5 books I’ve read and the reason I did Cape2Cairo.

    Fantastic list Al – don’t know how I missed it before.

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  50. Ned Lewis Posted

    I was just thinking I need some book recommendations so thanks everyone!

    As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning – Laurie Lee
    WildWood – Roger Deakin
    Papillon –

    My girlfriend and housemate have been raving about Papillon and after these recommendations it’s definitely next on the list!

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  51. Nothing new in mountaineering or adventuring circles, but these are classics:

    Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk – Jeff Connor
    The Wild Places – Robert MacFarlane
    The Worst Journey in the World – Apsley Cherry-Garrard

    On that not, I think I might create a book section on my blog…

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  52. Ian Posted

    did not check complete list so do not know if this is a duplicate, it definitely is a must read,it is life at its worst and the sadness of loss, I just think it is an incredible journey of resilience, friendship and true meaning of comradeship. I found it very sad yet inspiring.
    “The Long Walk – Slovomir Rawicz”

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  53. I’ve grabbed all these books and pasted them into one list for easy access:

    The Long Walk – Slovomir Rawicz
    1001 Arabian Nights – Sir Richard Burton
    50/50 – Secrets I learned running 50 marathons in 50 days, and how you too can achieve super endurance! – Dean Karnazes
    59 seconds
    A Death in the Family
    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
    A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller
    A Moveable Feast – Ernest Hemminway
    A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren
    A Passage to India
    A Scanner Darkly
    Affinity Bridge
    After The Ice – Steven Mithen
    All The Pretty Horses – Cormac McCarthy
    Arktika – gilles elkaim.
    As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner
    As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning – Laurie Lee
    Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
    Atmospheric Disturbances
    Band of Brothers – Stephen Ambrose
    Barring Mechanicals by Andy Allsop
    Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
    Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
    Born to run – Christopher McDougal
    Castaway – Lucy Irvine
    Caves of steel
    Chocky – John Wyndham
    Crow Country – Mark Cocker.
    Cycling Home From Siberia – Rob Lilwall
    Disgrace – JM Coetzee
    Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk – Jeff Connor
    Driving Mr Albert – Michael Paternity
    First among sequels – Jasper Fforde
    FLOW, – Mihaly Csizentmihalyi
    Foundation – Asimov.
    Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
    Frost Bitten – Kelley Armstrong
    Future – Dreaming of Jupiter – Ted Simon
    God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
    Grimm’s Fairy Tales
    Harry Potter and the Philospohers Stone
    Independent people – Halldor Laxness
    Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
    Interview with The Vampire by Anne Rice
    Into thin air – John Krakauer
    Isabel Allende- House of the Spirits
    It’s not about the bike – Lance Armstrong
    Learning to Breathe – Andy Cave
    Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
    Live and Let Die
    Lolita
    Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
    Louis de Bernieres- Red Dog
    Love Letters from a Desert (book of letters written by a Scottish soldier during WW2)
    Love My Rifle More than You – Kayla Williams
    Mother London – Michael Moorcock
    Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
    Olivetti Cronicles – John Peel
    On The Road
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
    Oryx and Crake
    Papillion
    Present – The Canoe Boys – Alistair Dunnett
    Quirkology
    Ransom – Jay McInerney
    Right Ho, Jeeves – P. G. Wodehouse
    Running Through the Wall: Personal Encounters with the Ultramarathon
    Ryzard Kapuscinski- Shadow of the Sun
    Shackleton – R. Huntsford
    Slow Coast Home – Josie Dew
    Solo: The North Pole: Alone & Unsupported – Pen Hadow
    Steppenwolf, – Herman Hesse
    Super Tramp by WH Davies
    Superpowers for Parents – Dr Stephen Briers
    Tales from the Farm – Jeff Lemire
    The Art of War – Sun Tzu
    The Balkans – Misha Glenny
    The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
    The Broken Window – Jeffry Deaver
    The Carpenter’s Pencil – Manuel Rivas
    The Da Vinci Code
    The DMZ series
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
    The Happy Isles of Oceania – Paul Theroux
    The Island at the Center of the World.
    The Little things – Erica James
    The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
    The Man Who Cycled The World – Mark Beaumont
    The Medway and its Tributaries – R H Goodsall
    The mind in the cave
    The Mystery of the Nile – Richard Bangs
    The Naked Sun – Issac Asimov
    The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco
    The Pilgrimage – Paulo Coelho
    The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
    The Reader
    The Secret Hunters – Ranulph Fiennes
    The Vanished Man – Jeffery Deaver
    The Way of the World – Nicolas Bouvier
    The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
    The Wild Places – Robert MacFarlane
    The Worst Journey in the World – Apsley Cherry-Garrard
    The Year of the Flood
    Three Men in a Float – Dan Kieran & Ian Vince
    To Kill A Mockingbird – HArper Lee
    Untold Stories – Alan Bennett
    Up till now- Wiliam Shatner
    UTOPIA – Thomas Moore
    War & Peace
    Waterlog – Roger Deakin
    WildWood – Roger Deakin
    World War Z

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  54. Hi, Al

    Just finished reading The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid. Enjoyed it because (a) i normally read a lot of non fiction and (b) its an revealing and scary introduction into how much of the Islamic world views the West…..

    ATB

    Ed.

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  55. Raph Taylor Posted

    1: moods of future joys.
    2: thunder and sunshine
    3: a bit Scott-ish.

    Can you spot a thread here…
    I don’t only ear cycling books, but bought a new bike after christmas with the intention of riding lots again and losing weight – I sit firmly in your list of the percentage who are overweight!
    I have been riding most days; doing my shopping by bike rather than car now, and have lost a stone in six weeks. Crashed hard a few days ago – was surprised by a rogue manhole cover on a wet corner and in trying to avoid it hit the kerb and landed on my shoulder. Got a week away now, so time to recover and get back on asap.
    Also planning a trip around the outer Hebrides this June.

    Thanks for the books, they are great, and inspire my forthcoming trip – however short it may be in comparison!

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    • Raph Taylor Posted

      Oops, meant to say “read books…”

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    • Congratulaions on buying a bike, losing a stone, crashing, getting back on the bike and planning your Hebridean adventure.

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      • Raph Taylor Posted

        Funny to re read this a year later!

        Lost another stone, riding the woods on my mountain bike most days now.

        Book I’m reading now – and well worth a read – three cups of tea; factual about a climber who devotes his life to building schools in Baltistan; Pakistan, in the Himalayan foothills after a failed attempt on K2. Check it out Al.

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  56. Baba Blacksheep Posted

    Was reading some essays and ‘Nature’ by Emerson,needed something lighter after that so jumped to Dharma Bums-Jack Kerouac now.

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  57. trevor warman Posted

    Nick Sanders-extraordinary life of an ordinary man
    Kipling- letters of travels
    war and peace

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  58. Hi Al,

    I’m currently reading The Way of Zen written by Alan Watts.
    The last book which had an impact on me was Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel and the one that I plan to purchase next is The Element by Sir Kenneth Robinson.

    Thanks for sharing your stories with us,
    Kris

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  59. Mick Bailey Posted

    last book read was The World of Cycling According to G by Geraint Thomas, an interesting insight into life in the peleton.
    Current book I am reading is Walking Home by Poet Simon Armitage about walking the Pennine Way ‘the wrong way round from Kirk Yetholm to Edale. I am enjoying the book. Simon writes in an engaging way, and is quite amusing and poignant at the same time.
    The next book that I would like to read is Mood of Future Joys because I read mistakenly read Thunder and Sunshine first. This would give me an excuse to read the second book again.

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  60. Emma Posted

    Just finished run or die – Kilian jornet
    Reading now suffocation – James Wallman
    On order The summit’s of my life Kilian Jornet and book I had for Christmas The book of the bothy

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